Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: "You and I are divided. We're different, and you're dangerous." That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It's dangerous to create that kind of tension.

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.